Cable link to sky

wolfyboy555

I am tying to sort out TV for a relative who is paying Virgin Media ?30 a month for basic TV through the old cable link setup in one room and paying sky in two other rooms. The cable link TV only has about 15-18 channels. Is there anyway some of those basic channels would still be there if I cancel the Virgin Media account? I think they are all FTA channels.

Atlantic Dawn

If they have and keep the broadband they would keep them, otherwise they will eventually be disconnected by Virgin, could be a few weeks, could be a few months but they will get disconnected eventually.

Other options would be to run a cable from the dish and buy a FTA or Freesat receiver to get the BBC/ITV channels on that other tv. Also could get a saorview receiver and an aeriel to get the RTE channels. There's also combo boxes that run Freesat and Saorview channels off a dish and aeriel.

coylemj

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

If they have and keep the broadband they would keep them....

OP never mentioned broadband and for €30 I doubt they are getting BB & analog TV. It sounds like a legacy account with (pre-digital) TV only.

If they close the account, it's almost certain that VM will send out a guy in a van to cut them off, sooner rather than later.

The cheapest offer for BB only on the VM website is €50 p.m. after 6 months....

https://www.virginmedia.ie/naked-broadband-only-deal/

wolfyboy555

Sorry I should have clarified €30 is just for TV. They have internet with Eir. VM said they can't provide horizon in the area. Since the channels with get cut off then I guess I should look at sky multi room or upgrade the old sky plus box to the new sky q and get a mini box to use on that TV.

wolfyboy555

Just to update. I have been offered the new SkyQ box and two mini boxes at a cost of ?35 per month for everything but a once off fee of ?180 for all the boxes and install. I have just thought of an alternative and wondering would it be worth my while:

Keep my current Sky box and 1 multiroom box for ?30 pm and get a combo box to receive the FTA and Irish channels where the cable link was. Something like this maybe?

http://www.freetv.ie/combo-receiver/

I'm not up to scratch on these boxes. Only the basic FTA and Irish channels are needed for that room so a once off payment of ?93 with no subscription from then on seems like a better option than ?180 and a probable price hike 12 months down the line.

Is it just a case of running a cable to the satellite that Sky are already using for set up?

Cheers

Johnboy1951

wolfyboy555 wrote: »

Just to update. I have been offered the new SkyQ box and two mini boxes at a cost of ?35 per month for everything but a once off fee of ?180 for all the boxes and install. I have just thought of an alternative and wondering would it be worth my while:

Keep my current Sky box and 1 multiroom box for ?30 pm and get a combo box to receive the FTA and Irish channels where the cable link was. Something like this maybe?

http://www.freetv.ie/combo-receiver/

I'm not up to scratch on these boxes. Only the basic FTA and Irish channels are needed for that room so a once off payment of ?93 with no subscription from then on seems like a better option than ?180 and a probable price hike 12 months down the line.

Is it just a case of running a cable to the satellite that Sky are already using for set up?

Cheers

That is what was suggested earlier in the thread

You will also need a connection to an aerial for the Irish Saorview channels.

Atlantic Dawn wrote:

Other options would be to run a cable from the dish and buy a FTA or Freesat receiver to get the BBC/ITV channels on that other tv. Also could get a saorview receiver and an aeriel to get the RTE channels. There's also combo boxes that run Freesat and Saorview channels off a dish and aeriel.

wolfyboy555

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

That is what was suggested earlier in the thread

You will also need a connection to an aerial for the Irish Saorview channels.

Ha I should really read my own thread. Think I missed that last time around. No my own idea so.:) Thanks.